More ideological cracks are beginning to show between the government coalition parties, according to Helsingin Sanomat's sources.
The capital-based daily writes that sources from all parties saw no compromises in the near future over the issues being worked out during the autumn parliamentary term. Issues of taxation, a proposed Sámi law and an introduction of congestion charges are some of the legal challenges the government has not yet been able to tackle.
Chief among these disputes is a row over the European Commission's forestry regulation, which seeks to reforest 20 percent of the EU's land and sea areas by the year 2030.
Since much of Europe is barren of forests, Finland's burden in reaching this goal would be large, with some estimates saying it would cost the country a billion dollars a year.
Critics of the regulation claim that it transfers too much authority to the commission over an issue that lies under Finnish sovereignty. The government has already drafted a unanimous position calling for changes, but the Centre Party is staunchly against the regulation.
The Centre Party stood against the regulation in a recent finance committee meeting and backed the opposition National Coalition Party's statement on the forestry regulation. Joining them was Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democratic Party (SDP) as well as the Swedish People's Party (SPP), also in government.
Centre MP Pekka Aittakumpu said on Monday that stalling this regulation is a question of being in the government for his party.
"A critical position is not enough, it must be negative. Finland must absolutely oppose the use of the regulation as a regulatory tool and the commission's coveted power over the use of our forests. This should be a government issue for the centre. It's such a huge issue," Aittakumpu wrote in his announcement.
The government therefore took an overall critical stance on the forestry regulation, which the Left Alliance and the Green party had not wanted the government to emphasise.
In a Sunday interview with Yle, Prime Minister Marin said it was possible that Finland would vote against the proposed EU regulation.
Minister of Finance Annikka Saarikko, the Centre's chair, is currently struggling with her party seeing a historic low in support in Yle's latest poll. Much of the Centre Party's support comes from rural areas where the forestry industry is particularly strong.
Bolting to the pension funds
Tampere-based Aamulehti reports that people are rushing to retire this year.
With a 6.8 percent increase for worker's pensions at the turn of the year, the largest in decades, more and more people are particularly interested in getting their retirement pensions early.
Interviewing two pension firms, Aamulehti explained that much of the high rise in pension funds is a result of inflation.
Pension company Varma said that last October it had only received 190 pension applications for retirement whereas this year for the same month it expects roughly 1,800.
More snow in Lapland
Glove, hat and scarf season is upon us once again.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected in different parts of Finland on Tuesday, according to tabloid Ilta-Sanomat.
Snow is also forecast for Finnish Lapland, with the white stuff expected to fall as far north as Sodankylä. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 centimetres of snow could accumulate.
At the same time, rainy conditions will blanket southern Finland.
Paavo Korpela meteorologist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute forecasted that the entire week will be a mix of cloudy and drizzly conditions.
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